I am back after a short break from blogging. Oh boy, that leaves a lot of time for other activities. It has been a busy time in my personal life but I also got some time to sew. I made a start with some small projects for charity.

Voor de jaarlijkse kerstverkoop van het Lapjeshuis heb ik een paar vrolijke kussenhoesjes gemaakt. Ik ben nog bezig met wat andere spulletjes. Als alles lukt en af is, laat ik ze zien.For the annual Lapjeshuis Christmas sale I made some pillowcases, two are finished, one will be finished tomorrow. Don't they remind you of spring? I am still sewing some more items. I'll show them later when finished.

At last a message for the Clamshell Club. Only a couple of days away from our next update. Just underneath my header I put a link to the sign in list. If you have some progress to show (and I surely hope that you surprise us with lots of wonderful projects) would you be so kind as to fill in your name and link to your blog? It saves so much time. I also suggest that you visit the members who left a comment and leave a comment on their blog as well. This instead of sending a 'thank you mail'. This also leaves us some more time to sew ;-)

Just in time I finished two blocks for the CWDQ update. Yesterday I sewed one block and today another one. I have no idea why I do these blocks always the last day before the update. Have to change this and start earlier in future.

En omdat ik nog wat tijd over had heb ik nog sashings aan een aantal blokken gezet. Dat scheelt straks weer tijd.Because I had an hour to spare I sewed sashings on some blocks. Less work when I have to put the top together.

Yesterday I had a phone call from Ankie. She thanks everyone who left a comment on her clamshell top a week ago. She never expected so many reactions on her shells.

Autumn is near and my flowers hardly blossom and grow. Only four to show, no ... not this week's but produced in August. I forgot the update last week. But the little pile of flowers is steadily growing.

Wel heb ik deze week in een ander tuintje gewerkt met dit als resultaat: een bijna af kussen.I worked in another garden though and this is the result. It is an almost finished pillow case.

Attention please:For the gardeners who also play with clamshells: I will have a sign in list on my blog the day before the clamshell update. Please read my post about it here.

Ankie is a very experienced quilter who has done a lot of applique. She has/had two more advantages.1* She has no blog and surfs the internet only if she wants to find something specific;2* She hurt her foot and had to rest it for a while and could not do anything else but sew (I should drop a full cola bottle on my foot one day ... LOL. Sorry Ankie, couldn't leave it....)

Maar hoe dan ook, ik wilde de top even laten zien om degenen, die hiermee bezig zijn een hart onder de riem te steken.Anyway I only wanted to show the clamshell top to inspire everyone who is sewing clamshells. The results will be so pretty so keep on sewing.